Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae) - HBW 2
Rüppell's Griffon (Gyps rueppellii)
French: Vautour de Rüppell
German: Sperbergeier
Spanish: Buitre Moteado
Other common names: Rüppell's Vulture
Taxonomy: Vultur Rueppellii A. E. Brehm, 1852, Khartoum, Sudan.
Forms superspecies with G. fulvus and G. coprotheres, and possibly also with G. himalayensis and G. indicus. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rueppellii (A. E. Brehm, 1852) - SW Mauritania E to Sudan, N to Aïr Massif (NW Niger) and S to Uganda, Kenya and N Tanzania.
- erlangeri Salvadori, 1908 - Ethiopia, Eritrea and NW Somalia, possibly ranging to S Arabia.
- Near Threatened
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A group of birds feeding on a carcass Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp rueppellii)
Peter van Dam 28 August 2006 2 years ago 30 sec 4.7 -
A group of birds feeding on a carcass Debre Berhan, Tirmaber pass, Ethiopia (ssp rueppellii)
Ron Hoff 17 December 2007 2 years ago 45 sec 4 -
A close-up of a bird preening London Zoo, London, England, UK
Josep del Hoyo 4 November 2005 3 years ago 27 sec 4 -
A seething mass of mixed vultures fighting over bushbuck carcass, and then a Rüppell's Griffon in back, sparring with a White-Ba Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 17 December 2002 3 years ago 26 sec 3.9 -
A group feeding on carrion Tsavo West National Park, Kenya (ssp rueppellii)
Jean Hupperetz 30 September 2002 6 years ago 16 sec 3.9 -
A group coming back to feed on a carcass, once the danger walks away Joal, Thiès Region, Senegal (ssp rueppellii)
Juan Sanabria 8 January 2007 2 years ago 38 sec 3.8
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An adult in a bird park in Switzerland Switzerland
Diatryma 30 June 2009 13 weeks ago 4 -
Adult at carcass Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
ingwe24 24 September 2007 45 weeks ago 4 -
Close- up of an adult in a bird park in Switzerland Switzerland
Diatryma 30 June 2009 13 weeks ago 3.5 -
A group of birds by a lion kill. Kenya (ssp ruepellii)
Stefan Helming 23 October 2008 1 year ago 3
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